Research on the Public Behaviors to Participate in the Lake Chief System-Based on the Survey of Hengshui City, China

Abstract

Lake chief system is an innovative measure of ecological civilization construction in lake governance and protection in China. Due to the complexity and openness of lake resources, it is difficult for the government and the market to properly handle the arduous task of lake governance, and public participation is an effective remedy for the failure of the government and the market. In order to know the public participation in the protection lakes, this paper selected 318 citizens from Hengshui city and uses the questionnaire survey to understand the public's participation attitude, approach and behavior of the lake chief system. The research results show that the public's education level, length of residence and understanding of the lake chief system have a positive impact on their participation.

The normative construction of the River Chief system model of river basin water environment management under legal perspective

“…This initiative produced remarkable improvements in water quality control, with the percentage of major rivers meeting water quality standards increasing from 53.2 to 71.1% within a year. This success demonstrated the effectiveness of the new system and led other provinces, including Zhejiang, Anhui, and Tianjin, to appoint CCP or government heads as river chiefs within their jurisdictions [4].…”

“…To support these efforts, the Chinese government has introduced a range of measures aimed at promoting the construction of an ecological civilization. One of these initiatives is the RCS which was creatively developed to address the multigovernance system for water protection and the shortcomings of conventional control mechanisms [4].…”